Notre Dame offers Chicago conference for data professionals | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame offers Chicago conference for data professionals Notre Dame offers Chicago conference for data professionals Published: September 07, 2017 Author: Carol Elliott Chicago Classroom As technology has enhanced exponentially the use of data analytics across a wide variety of industries, so, too, has the interest escalated in analytics as part of a career. The University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business is co-hosting a conference in Chicago aimed at analytics professionals who want to learn more about innovation and trends, as well as have an opportunity to network. The IMPAC Midwest Chicago Chapter Conference will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Sept. 14 (Thursday) in Notre Dame’s Chicago classroom facility located at 224 S. Michigan St. The event is co-sponsored by INFORMS, a leading organization promoting analytics professional development and networking in business, government and academia. The event is open to analytics professionals in the Chicago area. Registration and fee information is available at informs.org. Deadline for registration is Sept. 8. The 2017 IMPAC, now in its fourth year, will feature keynote speaker Patrick Lucey, the director of data science for STATS LLC who has extensive expertise and research interests in the areas of artificial intelligence and interactive machine learning in sporting domains. The conference’s afternoon session will offer two tracks: finance technology and sports analytics. The finance technology, or FinTech, track explores topics such as real-time analytics and digital decision making, as well as large-scale machine learning automation for the financial industry. The sports analytics track delves into the three areas of sports: the front-office business side, the back-office team operations, and health and safety analytics. The event is sponsored by the Stayer Center for Executive Education and the Department of IT, Analytics, & Operations, both at Mendoza College of Business, as well as INFORMS Analytics Society SpORts Section, Enova Decisions, CGN Global and AnyLogic. For more information about the IMPAC Midwest Chicago Chapter Conference, contact organizer Scott Nestler, associate teaching professor at Mendoza College of Business, at 574-631-8117 or snestler@nd.edu, or visit connect.informs.org/chicago/meetings/impac2017   Originally published by Carol Elliott at mendoza.nd.edu on September 05, 2017. Posted In: Colleges & Schools Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 04, 2022 NIH awards $4 million grant to psychologists researching suicide prevention September 27, 2022 Alpha Phi Alpha president to be featured ‘fireside chat’ guest September 19, 2022 Notre Dame Patient Advocacy Initiative receives support from Dyne Therapeutics September 16, 2022 School of Architecture to host Notre-Dame Cathedral restoration architects September 16, 2022 Notre Dame Patient Advocacy Initiative receives founding gift from Horizon Therapeutics For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn